Spirit Guard Udyr now available!

The long awaited, ultimate tier Spirit Guard Udyr skin is now available for purchase! For the next four days, he will be available for 1950 RP ( along with an Udyr + SGU bundle for 2295 RP turns out Udyr is just on sale fir 345 RP ) as part of a special promotion and after that he will be available at his normal 3250 RP price point.

This ultimate skin features brand spankin' new models, particles, animations, voiceovers, unique effects on minions kills, and even evolves as you max rank your stances! Additionally, you'll also get four sweet new summoner profile banner & icon combos with purchase. Check out Riot's promotional website for more information!

Continue reading for a closer look at the skin, the goodies that come with it, and more!
Here's Riot's promo videos, one for each of Spirit Guard Udyr's four stances, which show case all the animations, particles, and other such fancy things for each stance.

Bear Stance

Tiger Stance

Turtle Stance

Phoenix Stance

Purchasing Spirit Guard Udyr will also net you four summoner icons and profile banners - one for each stance!

In case you don't like those fancy movin' pictures, here's comparison's of each of the rank 1 vs rank 5 stance models:

Base ( No Stance )

Phoenix Stance

Rank 1

Rank 5

Tiger Stance

Rank 1

Rank 5

Turtle Stance

Rank 1

Rank 5

Bear Stance

Rank 1

Rank5

Additionally, Spirit Guard Udyr will have new death animations and recall animations in the NEXT patch - they were not ready in time for release.

These previews are taken from the 7/16 PBE:

While the login screen is interactive, we've whipped up a video containing the different stance transitions and music. Click here for the interactive experience.

There is also a super awesome special surprise to come along with SGU - Riot has added an in-client, interactive comic! While it's MUCH more impressive in game as it has moving slides and voice overs, and I recommend you view it there, here is a video representation.